Foundations. Letter from the Chairman

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1 Foudatios Ash Grove Cemet Compay Employee Newsletter & Aual report SPRING 2013 i this issue Ash Grove Jois Idustrial Eergy Cosumers of America page 3 Alliace Reewal Cotiues Legacy of Work with MSHA page 5 Promotios Brig New Leadership to the Sales Team page 5 Focus o Safety Grows page 6 Ash Grove Family of Compaies page 7 Charitable Legacy Cotiues page 8 Employee Service Roster page 9 AGem Process Succeeds page 10 Letter from the Chairma Ash Grove Cemet Compay marked its 130th year as a major costructio materials provider i Through decades of ecoomic booms ad dowturs, Ash Grove has cosistetly offered its customers a quality product. The year s results are ecouragig. Aual total costructio spedig i the Uited States icreased i 2012 for the first time sice 2005, postig a gai of more tha 7 percet compared to 2011 aual spedig. Led by firmig i the residetial markets, the costructio ecoomy bega to show further sigs of healig from the Great Recessio. As a result, U.S. cemet demad i 2012 icreased 9 percet to 76.6 millio metric tos. Demad was widely diverget across geographic regios with residetial costructio, oil ad agricultural productio leadig the recovery i Ash Grove s markets. For 2012, Ash Grove cemet shipmet volume icreased 5.1 percet over 2011 results. This icrease was led by a strog demad i the Texas ad Nebraska markets, offset by cotiued weakess i the Arkasas ad Louisiaa markets. O average across all of our markets durig 2012, Ash Grove cemet pricig remaied relatively flat with 2011 results. I total, Ash Grove s cemet plats operated efficietly while producig six millio short tos of cemet, ruig at a 68.2 percet productio capacity utilizatio rate, with costs icreasig 1.2 percet o a per to basis over I compariso, the U.S. cemet idustry capacity utilizatio was approximately 62 percet durig Ash Grove s subsidiary compaies showed improved fiacial performace i O a cosolidated basis Ash Grove s et earigs improved over our 2011 results, but remai far below ecessary sustaiable returs o our asset base due to the cotiued weakess of cemet pricig i may of our key markets. Ash Grove cotiued the process of brigig all its operatig cemet plats i compliace with the recetly fialized Natioal Emissio Stadards for Hazardous Airbore Pollutats for Portlad Cemet Maufacturig regulatios issued by the U.S. Evirometal Protectio Agecy. Capital spedig requiremets madated by this rule will total approximately $89 millio ad will be substatially completed by fall The compay started moderizig its Midlothia, Texas, cemet plat to comply with NESHAP regulatios as well as Natioal Ambiet Air Quality Stadards. This project will (cotiued o page 3) Photos: Top: View from Seattle Plat; Middle: Rederig of moderized kil at Midlothia Plat.

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3 Letter from the Chairma (cotiued from frot cover) covert the plat to oe semi dry precalcier kil lie operatig at 94 percet of curret capacity. Ash Grove capital ivestmet i this project will be approximately $150 millio, with completio scheduled for sprig Based o the productio capacity of the moderized plat, approximately 40 years of quality raw materials reserves remai available. Our Ikom, Idaho, facility that has served as a gridig facility for the past few years was coverted to a termial that will distribute cemet for the Easter Idaho market. The product is supplied from our highly efficiet Durkee, Ore., plat. Negotiatios with the EPA have bee essetially completed o a Global Coset Decree addressig alleged violatios of the Clea Air Act, ad the decree should be siged i early This egotiated settlemet reduces future evirometal compliace risks i our cemet plat operatios. Ash Grove Aggregates completed the acquisitio of the 50 percet iterest i Johso Couty Aggregates, LLC from our joit veture parter i May This results i a 100 percet Ash Grove Aggregate owership of the aggregate productio facility which produced 996,000 tos i 2012 for the growig Johso Couty, Ka., costructio market. Ash Grove bega costructio o a ew cemet termial i Ridgelaw, Mot., located ear the Bakke Oil Shale formatio i North Dakota. This termial will serve the rapidly growig North Dakota markets from our Motaa City, Mot., plat with as much as 100,000 tos of cemet aually whe it is completed i fall Safety performace at our plats cotiues as a top priority for our maufacturig team ad our productio employees. While Ash Grove strives to be a idustry leader i safety, our 2012 results, as measured by the atioal stadard of No Fatal Days Lost, places the compay slightly better tha average compared to our idustry. I early 2013 the Motaa City, Mot., plat took home the L.T. Suderlad Safety Excellece Award leadig the compay i safety performace i 2012 ad settig the pace for Ash Grove to achieve idustry leadership i safety performace. Ash Grove s ad its subsidiaries employees cotiue to do a excellet job operatig the compay durig a weak costructio ecoomy ad fiercely competitive markets. The compay has outperformed the idustry across a wide variety of importat bechmarks thaks to the dedicatio ad hard work of our experieced team. Ash Grove cotiues to focus o maitaiig a strog balace sheet, while improvig ad positioig our asset base to serve our customers as demad for heavy buildig materials icreases with the expected improvemet i the costructio ecoomy. CharlES T. Suderlad, Chairma of the Board Ash Grove Jois Idustrial Eergy Cosumers of America I December 2012, Ash Grove Cemet Co. joied the Idustrial Eergy Cosumers of America (IECA), with Corporate Eergy Director Ady Lippert servig o the orgaizatio s board of directors. I joiig IECA, Lippert said that cemet maufacturig is very eergy itesive ad while Ash Grove strives to be as eergy efficiet ad evirometally resposible as possible as evideced through the Ash Grove Eergy Maagemet (AGem) process there eeds to be some focus o the coutry maitaiig a affordable, sufficiet supply of all types of eergy. The eergy is here i the U.S., we all just eed to make sure that the resource is maaged i a way that will provide the best beefit for the coutry as a whole, Lippert said. Just like i our iteral AGem process, you ca t maage resources if you do t measure ad pla. The coutry ad idustry have doe a reasoable job evaluatig eergy resources, but have falle short i the log-term plaig process for maagig the resources that have bee idetified. Membership i IECA will give us a additioal forum to address some of these shortfalls. IECA, based i Washigto, D.C., was created to serve the iterests of maufacturig compaies for which the availability, use ad cost of eergy, power or feedstock play a sigificat role i their ability to compete i domestic ad world markets. IECA board members are top eergy procuremet, evirometal ad govermet affairs maagers who are leaders i their idustry as well as techical experts strogly committed to eergy efficiecy ad evirometal progress. The orgaizatio provides a uique forum to address state, atioal ad iteratioal eergy related issues, meet with policy makers ad advocate soud policy. keton W. Suderlad, Vice Chairma of the Board ad Secretary Photos: Page 2, top to bottom, left to right: Durkee Plat; Louisville Plat; Ash Grove Directors, left to right: Patrick Gorup, Michael Hrizuk, Rady Vace, Eilee Flik, Keto Suderlad, Charles Suderlad, Joh Webster, Ly Markel, George Wells, Charles Larso. 3

4 SPRING 2013 Ash Grove has the opportuity to be ivolved i previews of ew materials MSHA plas to distribute ad to offer costructive commets.

5 Alliace Reewal Cotiues Legacy of Work With MSHA Steve Mishall, Ash Grove corporate health ad safety director, participated i the reewal of a safety alliace betwee the Mie Safety ad Health Admiistratio ad Portlad Cemet Associatio at a sigig ceremoy at MSHA headquarters i Arligto, Va., last October. The Agecy is more willig to share data with us (the idustry) ad talk more opely ad more frequetly - whether that meas at MSHA headquarters or at the district maagers offices aroud the coutry, Mishall said. We have the opportuity to be ivolved i previews of ew materials MSHA plas to distribute ad to offer costructive commets. For example, we previewed ad commeted o a ew machie guardig DVD that MSHA developed. We re also workig with the agecy o fall protectio iformatio for the cemet idustry. Access to emergig iformatio like this helps Ash Grove esure employee safety. First established i November 2008, the alliace outlies a agreemet to work cooperatively to provide cemet idustry persoel with iformatio, guidace ad access to traiig tools that help protect the health ad safety of those workig at cemet maufacturig plats ad quarries. Siged by MSHA Assistat Secretary Joseph Mai ad former PCA Presidet ad CEO Bria A. McCarthy, the health ad safety iitiatives iclude: Provide iformatio, educatio ad traiig, ad techical assistace to raise safety ad health awareess withi the cemet maufacturig idustry, ad to help prevet ijuries ad illesses ad protect worker safety ad health; Coduct aual summary aalyses of icidece rates for U.S. cemet plats, ad perform worker ijury ad illess case studies to idetify hazardous safety ad health coditios ad practices; Develop educatio ad traiig programs for operator ad cotractor employees workig i cemet maufacturig plats ad quarries; Develop ad share best practices ad effective approaches to improve operator ad cotractor safety ad health i cemet maufacturig plats ad quarries; ad Collaborate o emergecy respose, rescue ad recovery techiques for facility operatios located at cemet maufacturig plats ad quarries. MSHA is ot eterig ito ew alliaces ad sometimes the agecy is ot willig to reew old oes, Mishall said. The Portlad Cemet Associatio ad Ash Grove are more tha pleased that MSHA chose to reew our alliace; that they chose to reew this alliace reiforces that it has bee mutually beeficial to MSHA ad the cemet idustry. Promotios Brig New Leadership to the Sales Team Last fall, the compay aouced promotios i its sales leadership teams that reflect the December 2012 retiremet of both Dewey Fore, who led Ash Grove s Midwester sales regio for five years ad completed 26 years with the compay, ad Dave Baker, who led Ash Grove s West sales regio for 16 years ad completed 23 years at Ash Grove. Effective August 1, 2012, Erie Peterso ad Mike Wood were promoted to vice presidet of sales, Midwest ad West, respectively, both reportig to Charlie Suderlad. Peterso has bee i the cemet idustry 20 years ad with Ash Grove 15. The previous five years, he served as regioal sales maager i the compay s Omaha, Neb., sales office where he led a team of four salesme, a techical services maager ad two admiistrative professioals. Peterso serves o the boards of Ash Grove Resources, LLC ad Lyma-Richey Corporatio ad will supervise three sales offices coverig eight states i the Midwest. I am excited about the future of our idustry ad how well positioed we are to be leaders i our markets, said Peterso. It s a great opportuity to step ito this role as we come out of the ecoomic dowtur ad I look forward to the growth ahead of us. For Wood, cemet is a family busiess as his parets owed a ready mix operatio ad he was, therefore, exposed to all aspects of the idustry from childhood. He also has a extesive fiacial backgroud from his maagemet-level work for commercial leders for more tha a decade. Wood has bee with Ash Grove 10 years, servig as regioal sales maager i the compay s Boise, Idaho, sales office where he led a three-state team of salesme. He will be resposible for four sales offices i ie states i the West, British Columbia ad Alberta, Caada. I am very excited ad hoored to have bee chose to lead such a experieced ad motivated sales team here i the West. We are fortuate to have great customers, ad I look forward to workig together with each oe of them as our ecoomy cotiues to gai mometum ad stregth. said Wood. Photos: Page 4, top to bottom, left to right: Chaute plat; Back row, left to right, Mark Rock, vice presidet risk maagemet, CalPortlad; Gregory Scott, presidet/ CEO Portlad Cemet Associatio; Neal Merrifield, MSHA admiistrator, Metal/ Nometal Safety ad Health; Rady Mucha, director of health ad safety, Lehigh Haso. Frot row, left to right, Steve Mishall, Ash Grove health ad safety director; Joseph Mai, MSHA assistat secretary; Bria McCarthy, former PCA presidet/ceo at a sigig ceremoy last fall reewig a PCA, MSHA safety alliace; Louisville plat. Photos, top to bottom: Erie Peterso, vice presidet sales, midwest divisio; Mike Wood, vice presidet sales, west divisio. 5

6 Focus o Safety Grows 2012 was a challegig year i the area of health ad safety for Ash Grove. After a remarkable ru with low or o Lost Time Ijuries throughout most of our facilities, the compay experieced seve Lost Time Ijuries ad three Lost Time Illesses, with the umber of doctor cases ichig up i We have bee cocered about this sice the icidets bega, ad we oted a tred, said Steve Mishall, Ash Grove Cemet corporate health ad safety director. We wat the platlevel health ad safety plas recetly iitiated to start to show results, with more active egagemet of frot lie supervisors ad all our employees. For log-term success, we have to have a behavioral safety process at the idividual level throughout the plats. Several plats did experiece success. Of special ote are Motaa City ad Rivergate, experiecig 12 years ad 7 years, respectively, without a Lost Time Ijury, each a remarkable achievemet. I am extremely proud of the way the workers i this plat have cotiuously utilized safe work practices i the effort to prevet accidets, said Dick Johso, plat maager, Ash Grove Cemet Motaa City. Twelve years is a log time but it is what lies ahead that cotiues to be importat. I am very proud of our employees, said Gary Wright, operatios maager, Rivergate. Their performace has bee exceptioal! Thaks also to Ash Grove Cemet Compay for providig resources to achieve our objective of safe productio. Nearly all the facilities were recogized with oe of the Ash Grove Safety Leadership Awards at the gold, silver or broze levels. Gold Award Wiers Durkee Forema Leamigto Midlothia Motaa City Portlad Rivergate silver Award Wiers Chaute Louisville Housto broze Award Wiers Ikom The Motaa City, Mot., plat wo the prestigious L.T. Suderlad Safety Excellece Award, recogizig overall safety excellece, ad was give the award at Ash Grove s February 2013 Board of Directors meetig. SPRING 2013

7 Family of Compaies Military Drafts Lyma-Richey Subsidiary to Deliver New usstratcom Commad & Cotrol Facility Materials As the coutry s largest America-owed cemet maufacturer, Ash Grove likes to demostrate its patriotism. But a ew project i Nebraska is takig that America pride to a whole ew level. KiewitPhelps has selected Lyma-Richey s Ready Mixed Cocrete Co. to provide approximately 115,000 cubic yards of cocrete to costruct a ew Commad ad Cotrol Facility for the U.S. Strategic Commad at Offutt Air Force Base i Bellevue, Neb. The 900,000 plus square-foot buildig is scheduled to ope i 2018 ad will replace the existig 55-year-old buildig. U.S. Strategic Commad is resposible for America s military space assets, strategic deterrece ad cyber operatios. Give the extremely importat ad sesitive ature of the project, the compay must produce a high quality product that meets exactig specificatios. This is ot the first time the military has asked the compay to provide materials for a project that was vital to our atioal security. Ready Mixed Cocrete Co. was also the cocrete supplier for the buildig which STRATCOM curretly occupies, built i the 1950s. Three Materials Group Compaies Team Up to Get BNSF Project o Track BNSF Railway is i the midst of costructig a 1,000-acre itermodal complex i Edgerto, Ka., ad Fordyce Cocrete, Holliday Sad & Gravel ad Johso Couty Aggregates are all supplyig materials to the project. Whe complete, the sprawlig project will iclude a 440-acre itermodal facility to trasfer shippig cotaiers from rail to truck. Adjacet to the itermodal facility will be a 560-acre logistics park for warehouses ad distributio ceters. Termials ad Teamwork Protect Market Share Previous ewsletters have metioed the Herculea efforts the Louisville plat team made to supply 11,000 tos of cemet i 11 days for flood recostructio projects i Nebraska ad Iowa. This huge demad for material i the wake of the devastatig 2011 Missouri River Flood depleted reserves ad threateed the compay s ability to meet the eeds of other customers. Fortuately, collaboratio amog plats ad Ash Grove s etwork of termials allowed cemet supplies to cotiue uiterrupted. Approximately 30,000 tos of cemet was shipped via railcar from the Chaute, Ka., plat to the Lyma-Richey termials i Omaha ad Sioux City. These supplies allowed Lyma-Richey s ready mix subsidiaries to cotiue deliveries to other projects, while still meetig the demads of the vitally importat flood recostructio projects. Packagig Group Adds Equipmet ad Cotracts The Precisio Packagig plat i Jackso, Miss., has added a ew high-efficiecy dryer to its facility. The ew rotary dryer uses sigificatly less eergy tha the uit it replaced. Now i additio to the plat dryig materials usig less eergy, costs are reduced ad the evirometal sustaiability of the plat s operatios are improved. The Materials Packagig Corp. plat i Memphis, Te., recetly wo a ew cotract to package cemet for Buzzi Uicem. Though the product is comig from a rival cemet maker, it represets a ew busiess opportuity for a facility at the easter edge of Ash Grove s geographic footprit. Materials Group Makes Key Ivestmets for Future Ash Grove Aggregates purchased the Higgis Meeker Quarry i Deepwater, Mo., 85 miles southeast of Kasas City, givig the compay a excellet source of Burligto limestoe close to the greater Kasas City area, as well as rural markets. Lyma-Richey Sad & Gravel acquired a 70-acre aggregate reserve i Valley, Neb. The purchase icreases strategic future sad ad gravel reserves i the area ad will provide the compay s ready-mix busiess with a reliable ad cost-effective source of material close to the Omaha market. Holliday Sad & Gravel ivested i a all-electric dredge ad plat at the compay s Frisbie Road operatio adjacet to the Kasas River i Shawee, Ka. The equipmet efficietly extracts ad processes of up to 800 tos of product per hour at a locatio boastig a 30-year reserve of material. Ready Mixed Cocrete used i New Zoo Etrace Omaha s Hery Doorly Zoo has acquired ad demolished Roseblatt Stadium, the former home of the NCAA College World Series, to develop a ew street etrace to the zoo ad its parkig lot. All of the ew parkig areas ad the etrace road to this reowed zoo are costructed with cocrete from Ready Mixed Cocrete Co., ad cotai cemet from Ash Grove Cemet Louisville. Cetral Sad ad Gravel Co. Ups Efficiecies Cetral Sad ad Gravel ivested i equipmet that has the potetial to be shared with other compay operatios ad reduce costs. The ew, portable Haver wash plat, which could be used at other Ash Grove sad-gravel operatios, is used to wash aggregates that are dry-mied i wester Nebraska ad to wash oversized aggregates from sad-gravel miig operatios. The oversized materials ca be used as pre-crush stock for asphalt pavig or as ladscapig rock. I additio, Cetral Sad ad Gravel ow uses several telescopig stackers i cojuctio with the portable crushers to stockpile crushed aggregates that are used i asphalt. The telescopig stackers elimiate the use of a wheel loader at each jobsite reducig the costs to stockpile crushed material. Ash Grove Resources ad LA Ash, Ic. Complete Joit Veture Ash Grove Resources ad LA Ash, Ic. fialized the formatio of LA Ash Products ad Services, LLC, headquartered i Sulphur, La. The compay will market lightweight aggregate, fly ash ad bed ash from the coke-fired boiler idustry throughout Louisiaa ad Texas for soil stabilizatio work for civil, ladfill, eergy, evirometal ad commercial projects. LA Ash Products ad Services is a joit veture betwee Ash Grove Resources ad LA Ash, Ic. Permaet Pavig Beefitig from repeat busiess with log-time cliets like Tyso Foods ad TrasAm Truckig, Permaet Pavig, Ic., also expaded ito ew markets i 2012 icludig Housto ad Galvesto, Texas, with projects for the U.S. Coast Guard i each city. Closer to home, the compay started a relatioship with the Missouri Departmet of Trasportatio (MoDOT) i cojuctio with oe of its old customers, the city of Idepedece, for a TIGER Grat project for Highway 24 at Little Blue Parkway. Aother project, for Highway 59, a mai state bypass itersectig Lawrece, Ka., also got uderway. Photos: Page 6, top to bottom, left to right: Durkee Plat Maager Terry Kerby (right) receives the 2012 Maiteace Excellece Process (MEP) Award from Seior Vice Presidet, Maufacturig, Mike Hrizuk; Chaute cemet uloads to repleish supply at the Omaha Ash Grove termial; This telescopig stacker reduces the costs to stockpile crushed material; Forema Plat Maager Carey Austell (ceter) receives the 2012 Ash Grove Eergy Maagemet (AGem) Award from Seior Vice Presidet, Maufacturig, Mike Hrizuk (left), ad Corporate Eergy Director, Ady Lippert (right); This Haver portable wash plat ca be shared with other compay operatios; Motaa City is oe of the plats that coducted fire extiguisher traiig i 2012; Jeff Briggs, Motaa City evirometal ad safety maager, hosted a plat safety traiig meetig; Motaa City Plat Maager Dick Johso (third from left) receives the 2012 L.T. Suderlad Safety Excellece Award, at Ash Grove s February 2013 Board of Directors meetig, from Corporate Health ad Safety Director, Steve Mishall (far left), Seior Vice Presidet, Maufacturig, Mike Hrizuk, ad Vice Presidet, Evirometal Affairs, Curtis Lesslie (right). 7

8 Charitable Legacy Cotiues I 2012, Ash Grove cotiued its traditio of ivestig i the commuities i which we operate, doatig $450,000 to various capital ad special projects. These projects icluded: $10,000 to Camp High Hopes i Sioux City, Iowa, for its capital campaig to build a ew hadicap-accessible, year-roud facility. Camp High Hopes offers year-roud therapeutic recreatio programs ad respites for those diagosed with disabilities ad chroic illesses. What a profoud differece your gift has made to our ability to complete the costructio of our ew facility desiged to ehace the lives of people with special eeds. The gift of fiacial support helped us to complete buildig our lodge ad cabi, ad hece ope our camp to youth ad adults with special eeds. Thak you for helpig Camp High Hopes improve the lives of people with disabilities. Ali Lagseth, Executive Director, Camp High Hopes $10,000 to the Girl Scouts of Northeast Kasas ad Northwest Missouri for desig ad costructio of a ew prototype cabi to be used at several large camps the orgaizatio rus. Thaks to geerous support from the Ash Grove Charitable Foudatio, we are focusig o what today s girls wat their outdoor experiece to be, Mary Charles, Chief Operatig Officer, Girl Scouts of NE Kasas & NW Missouri said. This grat will provide a opportuity for us to work with architecture studets from Kasas State Uiversity to desig ad build a prototype cabi for the 21st cetury camper. Mary Charles, Chief Operatig Officer, Girl Scouts of NE Kasas & NW Missouri $5,000 to the Portlad Childre s Museum for KidsBuild I this popular ad egagig seasoal exhibit, kids create ad build structures that make up their very ow city. Ash Grove Charitable Foudatio s geerous support gave thousads of childre the opportuity to experiece Kids Build 2012 exhibit at the Portlad Childre s Museum. Support from Ash Grove allowed us to trasform our travelig exhibit space ito a giat costructio project. Childre desiged ad built the commuity of their imagiatios usig oly recycled materials while learig about all that it takes to make a city work. Kids Build 2012 successfully itegrated importat social ad evirometal cocepts like sustaiability, civic egagemet, ad commuity-midedess with activities that urtured the developmet of childre of all ages. Sue Dixo, Director of Developmet, Portlad Childre s Museum (cotiued o page 10) SPRING 2013

9 Employee Service Aiversary Roster Aother year i which so much has bee accomplished ad celebrated at the idividual, plat ad compay level is chroicled i this issue of Foudatios. All credit is due to the taleted people we are fortuate to work alogside. For geeratios, Ash Grove has eared a reputatio as a good employer where you ca sped a etire career. We could t be more grateful for the good work ad geerous commuity egagemet of all our employees but we like to give special recogitio to those amog us who have reached exceptioal milestoes i their service with us. I 2012, we saw 10 ew members joi the Ash Grove Quarter Cetury Club. We thak them ad also welcome 120 employees who are celebratig their five- or 10-year aiversaries with Ash Grove. Quarter Cetury Club Members *New Members i 2012 Ash Grove Aggregates Kevi L. Dale Richard A. Koeh Deis L. Owes Debbie A. Poulter Roger D. West Ash Grove Materials Robert B. Heig Joa M. Mehlstaub Joseph V. Rieger Bellevue Sales Office Michael J. Daiel * Bejami L. Weber Blubber Bay Quarry Larry G. Albertso Gerald K. Johso Malcolm K. Olse Roald J. Passchier Cetury Cocrete * Joh M. McDoald Curtis E. Schleif Chaute Plat Chris E. Aday Nicholas Alozo Doald R. Baugh Darrell H. Bech William C. Brow Timothy W. Clouch David C. Cobb Bert L. Cole George R. Cox Sam G. Davis Larry E. Dietrich Roger K. Edwards William A. Ellis Thomas W. Erickso Keeth L. Foster Paul J. Godiez Joh P. Golay Darrell L. Had Sadra E. Had Timothy D. Heea Radall E. Herro Bruce A. LaRue Robert D. Leroy Mike J. Lucke Robert W. Matlock Edward R. McKisey Stephe E. Moore Bobby A. Myers Mark E. Neely Roger L. Neely Carol A. Ogde David L. Osbor Garry W. Peigto David W. Peter Michael L. Petty Do F. Phillips Archie T. Rutledge Michael J. Schoeecker Harla W. Sloa Dirk D. Spilma Edward L. Stout Arlee J. Taylor Doald M. Taylor Keeth R. Taylor Roger E. Tucker David L. Waggoer Peggy S. Ward Robert E. Williams Loie R. Wilso David W. Wright Robert E. Wright Deto Termial Michael D. Joes Des Moies Termial David A. Walker Durkee Plat Keeth H. Baker Charles R. Buchaa Photos: Page 7, top to bottom, left to right: Camp High Hopes, ew cabi ad lodge buildigs for youth ad adults with special eeds; Kasas State Uiversity College of Architecture Plaig ad Desig studets meet with their academic advisors from el dorado, ic. to begi their work o the prototype cabi for the Girl Scouts; A early desig rederig of the prototype cabi; Library, barber shop ad cottage, all created by childre visitig Kids Build 2012 as they desiged ad built the commuity of their imagiatios usig oly recycled materials. David C. Daly Lado J. Fischer Terry R. Kerby Doald L. McLea Steve A. McLea Brya C. Pitok Michael G. Raey Dale L. Smith Joh R. Uger Rick L. Wallace Ala E. Zikmud Vivia M. Zikmud William J. Zikmud Fordyce Cocrete Keeth L. Adams Keeth D. Daley Michael R. Evelad Bria A. Ma Ricky V. Stoe Myral P. Taylor Forema Plat Joh A. Aubrey Jr. Thomas W. Billigsley Marquis A. Crocker David W. Foster Freddy W. Jez Michael W. Maso Ruth F. Maso William E. McElhao James C. Nelso Jr. Joe J. Nelso James Newto Harold W. Nole Patrick N. Reed David D. Walker Jr. Delbert D. Woods Holiday Sad & Gravel Michael L. Ficher Ikom Termial * Timothy E. Abramso Michael V. Burrup Bret T. Christese Burke R. Davis Terry B. Solomo Richard W. Vaugha Robert E. Vaugha Roald J. Vaugha Aurellio Wayas Jr. Joh C. Whitworth Keewick Termial Delvi C. Albertso Las Vegas Termial Daiel E. Vest Leamigto Plat Aryo E. Baker Jr. Chad L. Brough Rady N. Clove Joh H. Dahlke Ro G. Daiels Gle J. Fowkes Rick A. Greehalgh Li T. Heybore Dari Howard Steve B. Igram Gordo P. Jarrett Mark A. Kay Gail Lawso Carl H. Lewelly Edward W. Lovell Norma L. Lovell George W. Ly Steve L. McPherso Do M. Neilse Karl G. Nielso Dare K. Oberg David H. Olse Jo A. Plate Joh Riggs Bruce B. Roper Jerry L. Skeem Doald Smith Gary E. Smith Craig B. Southworth Kevi V. Taylor Joe E. Topham Bart L. Walker Blaie L. Whimpey Clifto L. Wilso Waye E. Youd Little Rock Sales Office Thomas J. Perry Sherry L. Stoe Louisville Plat Jerome M. Bergma Douglas K. Bickford Michael F. Bose Terry Carlto Waye A. Chriswisser Joh E. Clark Raymod Clayto Alfred R. Cosso Mitchell Davis William D. Deloske Edgar A. Elsema Steve A. Falcoe Thomas D. Frederickso David L. Friesell Timothy Garcia Charles H. Gerdes Gary D. Heard James R. Hohma Matthew J. Hrabik Jim L. Hutchiso Radall S. Igram Ady J. Jackma Douglas R. Jaquier Craig F. Kirchhoff Thomas L. Kobler Charles R. McNew Deis R. Nielse Vo J. Oliver Roald L. Patterso James A. Patto Steve D. Patto Staley H. Post David W. Schreier Sadra K. Smith Carl Sodgrass Paul A. Spagler Dwight K. Stader Curt R. Ueckert Jeaette C. Warer Jerry L. Weidema James A. Woolhiser Midlothia Plat Susa D. Catu Ramiro S. Carbajal Rickey A. Dows, Sr. Virgil T. Edwards Gle E. Garrett James A. Hayes Bobby D. Holder Michael W. Kelly Mike Martiez Jr. Gary M. Miter Robert E. Moore Jr. Tommie L. Noggle Walter M. Parker Jessie L. Poteet Leo H. Smoliski Calvi D. Verdell Deis K. Wills (cotiued o page 11) 9

10 Charitable Legacy Cotiues (cotiued from page 8) $25,000 to SAFEHOME for repairs to a damaged foudatio ad for security fecig SAFEHOME is the oly accredited provider of shelter ad comprehesive support services for domestic violece victims i Johso ad Miami couties i Kasas. The shelter offers couselig ad services to help victims of domestic violece ad their childre heal emotioally ad physically, fid employmet ad housig, ad successfully trasitio to emotioal ad fiacial idepedece. The geerous doatio from Ash Grove made it possible for us to repair our security fece footigs, build a retaiig wall with decorative ladscape blocks, plat small bushes, ad provide irrigatio for the plats, makig our shelter both more secure ad aesthetically pleasig for SAFEHOME staff ad teats of adjacet properties. Mike Jese, SAFEHOME Facilities Maager $10,000 to Wayside Waifs for costructio of a ew aimal shelter i Kasas City, Mo. Fouded i 1944, Wayside Waifs is a idepedet, ot-forprofit humae society that operates the Kasas City area s largest o-kill aimal shelter. Each year, the orgaizatio cares for approximately 6,500 abadoed aimals ad delivers aimal welfare educatio programs to 30,000 school childre. Wayside Waifs is a amazig pet adoptio ceter rescuig ad fidig forever homes for over 5,000 pets aually. We would ot be successful without the support of the commuity ad loyal doors like Ash Grove who supported the additio of our ew veteriaria cliic. Day Carmichael, Chief Operatig Officer please share your story ideas with us. We welcome your feedback. us at jackie.clark@ashgrove.com. AGem Process Succeeds Ash Grove s five-year eergy maagemet program completed i 2012 to improve efficiecy, reduce emissios ad actively seek ways to ehace the sustaiability of our operatios exceeded our goal of reachig $20 millio i savigs. Every employee played a big part i this success. Look for the Ash Grove eergy maagemet program for 2013 ad beyod ivolvig all cliker maufacturig plats ad termials to be reported later this year. Photos: Page 10, top to bottom: Security fece ad retaiig wall for SAFEHOME; Wayside Waifs additio, ew veteriaria cliic; Page 11, Red clover at the Forema, Ark., plat; Back Cover, top to bottom, left to right: Forema Plat; Proper fire extiguisher hadlig is oe of the may safety traiigs carried out at all Ash Grove plats; Skilled, hard-workig employees helped Ash Grove grow to celebrate its 130th aiversary i 2012; Leamigto Plat. SPRING 2013

11 Employee Service Aiversary Roster Quarter Cetury Club Members *New Members i 2012 (cotiued from page 9) Motaa City Plat Darrel N. Alm James E. Hill * Athoy E. Huso Larry S. Moore Doald P. Pocha George M. Schiller * Travis G. Smith Patrick C. Soger Radall J. Waits N. Little Rock Termial Rickey D. Smith Overlad Park Office Gary L. Church Michael R. Colbert Dewey C. Fore Jr. Gle R. Gumb Michael J. Hrizuk * Mark E. Kreiser Jae E. Loga David L. Marti Debra A. Mays * Mark J. Meads * Bruce W. Newell Doa R. Osiek Nacy Schaefer Charles T. Suderlad Keto W. Suderlad * Darlee Todd Portlad Office Keeth R. Gould William C. Jacobso * Erest J. Medes Matthew R. Wood Portlad Termial Jeffrey J. Hoe Precisio Packagig Stephe E. Boylad Deis L. Goodloe Roger D. Tarvi Debbie S. Woodall Rivergate Plat Ramo S. Cooper Adrew J. Dorbusch Gle V. Heath Larry N. Kepley Bradley L. Lembke Jeffery A. Nevels Jeffrey D. Peterso Richard J. Staley Iva A. Taylor Philip M. Weber Brya N. Wolfe Salt Lake City Sales Ed R. Cooper Seattle Plat Peter M. Browma Mark L. Joes James D. Lagley Howard L. Matheso Eric R. Nussle Michael J. Rosauer Marti J. Schiltz Va Bure Termial Brya Howard Charles S. Howard 10 Years of Service Ash Grove Aggregates Jayso E. Dixo Cetury Cocrete Dale L. Love Chaute Plat Matthew A. Lewis Keith L. Morris II Natha E. Peter Todd A. Phillips Lae A. Porter Clayto D. Ward Durkee Plat Craig P. Calder Roald C. Combs Larry D. Hill Joseph P. Patto Charles P. State Chad L. Williams Fordyce Cocrete Mark W. Delaey Keeth B. Hor William R. Owigs III Robert W. Tucker Jr. Forema Plat Jaso W. Edwards Jaso B. Ritter Michael D. Strouse Ikom Plat Alexia A. Johso 5 Years of Service Leamigto Plat David H. Joes Louisville Plat Bret E. Brack Troy J. Wipf Midlothia Plat Presto W. Cole Radall K. Ferguso Matthew C. Kertz Jimmy W. Solomo Owe L. Upchurch Michael W. Wolff Motaa City Plat Steve R. Brockway Christopher L. Hies Dave E. Mott Oklahoma City Termial Jeffery A. Despai Sr. Overlad Park Office Adrew P. Edwards Naci G. Myer Melissa Rusch Overlad Park Sales Jared D. Ryker Portlad Office Michael B. Wood Rivergate Plat Thomas J. Morrell Salt Lake Sales Office William M. Jex Seattle Plat Joshua P. Barto Paul E. Chapma Roger D. Grover Raymod A. Haydel Charles D. Mathis Rick O. Vosberg Ash Grove Aggregates Judy E. Clark Roy J. Hao Kelle S. Hutsma Rady E. Marshall Deis J. Stewart Patrick H. Wimsatt Cetury Cocrete Leo O. Amato Deis E. Crabb David L. Hutches Sr. Chaute Plat Brado L. Marple Blake A. Rousselle Carl J. Suckstorf Dusti C. Wehlage Deto Termial David P. Spece Des Moies Termial Doald R. Rowe Durkee Plat Aita M. McKiey Fordyce Cocrete Victor S. Doedtma Jaso L. Harrigto Rick L. James Jeffrey D. Joh Roger L. Merriott II Frak J. Schillig Daiel R. Steele Forema Plat Douglas J. Eyraud Jose M. Ferretiz Sr. Artas A. Gist Jr. Chad W. McElhao Eric E. Overturf Keary R. Rhoe HCC East Termial Steve P. Boyd Marcus A. Lopez Kasas City Termial James M. Herma Leamigto Plat James J. Aagard Matthew R. Johso Travis Kedall Louisville Plat Jaso W. Heard James V. Hughes Rady L. Moses Erich C. Stabe Materials Packagig Celvi Batres Mark A. Cleveriga Bruce J. Devore Rodey L. Gegler Steve M. Gibey Ralph S. Glover Jeffrey D. Hase Robert R. Iossi Duae M. Miller Larry R. Reimitz Lori L. Rya Joh M. Sylvester Carrie A. Vavra Midlothia Plat Roderick U. Bares Matthew J. Eckelkamp Charles W. Hill Jr. Vestie L. McCormick Roel Quitero Motaa City Plat Shaw M. Cartwright Lewis Lee Lusford Shaw C. Zipperia Overlad Park Office Debbie C. Gardehire Curtis D. Lesslie Georgia A. Plumb Robert S. Ralls Christie M. Somodi Portlad Termial Edward L. Rasmusse Precisio Packagig Doald K. Marti Bria L. Weber Seattle Plat Aselmo Araque Kevi B. Mueller Noel F. Olmos Shreveport Termial Alvi Breedlove 11

12 we are grateful for the cotributios that all of our Ash Grove employees make. Ash Grove Cemet Compay Cody Street Overlad Park, Kasas